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To: Chispas who wrote (33710)	7/15/2005 8:26:11 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (2) of 116555

If the addition of acetone to gasoline could practically increase gasoline mileage it would be a major marketing advantage for a gasoline manufacturer to make the addition and advertise the superior mileage provided by their product. Acetone is produced and sold by most major oil refiners. Clean engines use less gasoline and run cleaner. Many engine cleaners use acetone: Champion Carburetor Cleaner Auto products aerosol Gumout Air Intake and Throttle Body Cleaner Gumout Tune Up Spray Auto products pump spray STP Carburetor Spray Cleaner Trouble Free Choke and Carb Cleaner Valvoline Carburetor And Choke Cleaner Chevron's well regarded detergent, Techron, improves mileage and reduces emissions. It contains solvent ingredients other than acetone: 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene Cumene Xylene Stoddard solvent Solvent naphtha householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov There are many popular theories that acetone also helps vaporize fuel, even the flame front, or even act as an electron donor during combustion. These possibilities should be balanced with the potential of acetone to corrode non-metals parts in the fuel system. It would be interesting to see a comparison between Acetone and Techron. .

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